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May 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

APPROPRIATE THIS! – A little over a week ago, 17-year old Keziah Daum wore a traditional Chinese dress to her prom. Because people are awful and their awfulness is amplified …

Politics

Dear Karl Marx, happy birthday from The New York Times

May 1, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Karl Marx will be celebrating his 200th birthday on 5 May (as much as you can celebrate in hell), but “The New York Times” opinion pages have already presented the …

Politics

April 29, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHO KILLED THE PROM QUEEN? – Welcome to our new woke times, when wearing a traditional Chinese dress to a prom can get you crucified on social media. PROM pic.twitter.com/gsJ0LtsCmP …

Culture / Politics

Welcome to the Cultural Counter-Revolution

April 26, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

It was the best of days, it was the worst of days. This literally is the best day in twitter history. pic.twitter.com/iwwaJSsGFw — Draggin Energy (@philthatremains) April 26, 2018 Was …

Politics

April 25, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

DEVENY DOUBLES DOWN – What’s the best way to follow up your Anzac Day eve tweets in which you insult past and present servicemen and women, ridicule the risks they have …

Politics

April 25, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SELLING THE GENOCIDE – Once in a while (actually, quite often nowadays) a story pops up that makes you question whether seemingly intelligent people have lost moral compass or historical …

Politics

April 25, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A MESSAGE FROM MR SULU FROM AN ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE – Following the recent pile-ups on celebrities guilty of wrong-think, some try to pretend this time it’s really different: No one …

Culture / Politics

April 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

BACK ONTO YOUR PLANTATION, WOMEN AND MINORITIES! – All diversity is good, except diversity of opinion. Celebs the hardest hit: Singer Shania Twain has apologized for saying she would have backed …

Politics

Happy Anzac Day from Catherine Deveny

April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

With Yassmin Abdel-Maghied currently overseas, someone has to step in stir the ANZAC pot: Why do people in the armed forces use the word 'serve' to describe their work despite …

Politics

April 20, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

LEST WE FORGET YASSMIN ABDEL-MAGIED HERE SHE IS AGAIN – Like Helen of Troy, Yassmin is a turban that launched a thousand tweets. Last year she was one, this year …

Politics

April 11, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“MEGAN MCARDLE IS A TROLL”– Megan McArdle braves the editorial pages of “The Washington Post” to argue that, while not morally equivalent, the discrimination, bias and prejudice that conservatives experience inside …

Politics

You’ve got the right to remain silent

April 8, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

As I have written before, in our developed Western liberal democracies it’s not the government and its instrumentalities that account for the bulk of efforts to restrict free speech and …

Culture

April 5, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD? – This is terrible on so many different levels: I’ve spent the best part of the last fortnight urgently trying to track …

Politics

April 5, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WAITING FOR MAGIED – All the best to Yassmin Abdel-Magied in her new acting career. Or as Tim Blair has it But Tim, unlike me, is a cynic and unkind. …

Politics

It’s official: PETA members have now shot more people than NRA members*

April 4, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The person who shot and wounded three people (one is in a critical condition) before killing self turns out to be yet another angry white right-wing male: Not humane enough. …

Politics

April 3, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE CONFEDERATE GENERALS – To the left, a slippery slope is not a logical device, it’s their business model: Over the decades, this quiet coastal hamlet …

Politics

March 31, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME – The Swedish government releases an informative brochure: Our story begins with two Swedish government agencies. The job of the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) …

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Culture / Life / Politics

What colour is your Jesus?

March 30, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

It’s that time of the year again (Christmas or Easter) for someone out there to come out and say something provocative about Jesus in order to get the maximum media …

Politics

March 30, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IT’S OFFICIAL: IT’S NOW RACIST TO CARE ABOUT BLACK KIDS GETTING RAPED AND ABUSED – What the identity politics hath wrought: Sunrise is under investigation by the broadcasting watchdog over a …

Politics

March 29, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SLATE’S SO CUTE WHEN IT’S DELUSIONAL – Truly: Two arguments in particular. Firstly: Moreover, if institutional bias is a problem for American society, then why haven’t conservatives tried to solve …